PGA Tour Rookie Max Greyserman join a debut season to be proud of in 2024. But the 29-year-old’s career nearly came to a screeching halt two years ago.
In an appearance on GOLF’s Supbar podcast, Grayserman explained to the co-hosts Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz how a wrist injury nearly derailed his promising future as a golf professional.
“So I’m 37th (in the Official World Golf Ranking) right now, and this is a great place to be, and it looks like I’m going to Augusta, and it’s just crazy to think where I was from a year. ago, or even two years ago, when I had wrist surgery in 2022 and I didn’t know if I was going to continue playing pro,” Greyserman said, “and now I’m just living the dream and maybe going to Augusta , so it’s just crazy where life can take you.”
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When Knost asked how close Grayserman was to quitting, the young professional revealed that after his surgery, he explored other possible paths his life could take, visiting his brother-in-law’s real estate office to learn about the industry and talking to his college friends from Duke who were living in New York City working in finance.
“I was thinking well maybe I could go out with them and enjoy life in a different way,” Greyserman explained.
In the end, Greyserman realized he wasn’t done with professional golf just yet.
“I just decided my story wasn’t over in golf, and I just woke up one day and said ‘go back to work, get this thing on your wrist and then go back to work,'” Grayserman said. “And once I got back on the Korn Ferry Tour the next year after the surgery, I was off and running, never looked back, finished 9th and then this rookie year. So very grateful.”
Interestingly, the pro revealed that it was his exploration of alternative careers that ultimately led him back to golf.
“I feel like the wrist surgery gave me a little bit of perspective because it showed me what life would have been like if I didn’t play golf, and I think I was okay with that, and the fact that I was okay with that… that I was okay for Plan BI, I think it gave me perspective to pursue Plan A, which was pro golf.
You can watch Greyserman explain his experience in the video above, listen to his episode of Supbar hereor watch his full performance in the video below.
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